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The Evergreen Chamber of Commerce, a longtime presence in downtown Evergreen, may be moving to the Stagecoach Center at Evergreen Parkway and Stagecoach Boulevard, depending on a successful contract signing.

So far, the chamber has declined to release details of the move, which has been confirmed by anonymous sources. But the board of directors reportedly approved the decision in concept at a meeting in November.

For 25 years, the music students of Evergreen High School have presented the annual Madrigal event. The celebration began many years ago as a Madrigal dinner, and over the years has evolved into a Madrigal Marketplace and Faire. On Saturday, Dec. 3, visitors can enjoy strolling minstrels, jugglers and a taste of Jolly Olde England to kick off the holiday season.

Author Pamela Powers Lawson was expecting a stable, secure life, but instead it was a series of wild successes followed by poverty and disappointment, multiple forced personal re-inventions, and then renewed direction and possibilities.

Downtown Evergreen is lighting itself up more like a Christmas tree this year, thanks to Evergreen businesspeople who joined forces to beautify two 30-foot-tall cottonwoods next to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream store.

Four mature blue spruce trees were extricated from the Lake House grounds and transported to Stagecoach Park as part of a $4,000 package of improvements to the fields off Evergreen Parkway and Stagecoach Boulevard.

The project included a new seating wall behind the backstop, aluminum bleachers, six replacement trees and an ADA-accessible path from both sides of the park into the baseball backstop area. The slope behind the backstop was regraded to improve safety and reduce erosion.

Before the bleachers, there was no place for people to sit and watch the games.

Employees unpacked retail items and put them on shelves as a snow-making machine and a ski-slope groomer put the final touches on the slopes outside.

It was Nov. 28, just two days before Echo Mountain ski resort was set to open for its sixth season.

While the parking lot was still quiet, resort officials hope the fledgling ski area will see its biggest year yet with its recent change in focus to families, youths and those learning to ski for the first time.

Downtown Evergreen is lighting itself up more like a Christmas tree this year, thanks to Evergreen businesspeople who joined forces to beautify two 30-foot-tall cottonwoods next to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream store.

The light show will be in place in time to illuminate the upcoming 20th annual Holiday Walk on Friday, a free street party and celebration sponsored by the downtown merchants, with activities, entertainment and free stuff for everybody, from 6 to 9 p.m.

The last remaining piece of private property in Buchanan Park is back on the market, and this time broker associate Rita Hansen is hoping to find a financial angel or angels who want to purchase it and donate it back to the park district.

Hansen is associated with Intero Real Estate Services, a real estate company owned by Mark Footer, a member of the board of directors of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District.

A fire caused by ashes left on a wood deck gutted 25 percent of the two-story wood home Monday morning at 4890 S. Lemasters Road on the western boundary of Alderfer/Three Sisters Park off Buffalo Park Road.

The house was occupied by a family of four, including a newborn, all of whom were not home at the time.

The fire affected mostly the attic and the roof, while the bedrooms and living areas were saved although are not livable. Victim Assistance of Jefferson County was helping the family find a place to stay.